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French secret agent OSS 117 is dispatched to Cairo to investigate the murder of his colleague. His local contact, Larmina aids his investigation. A tale of covert ops and counter intel, this is a spoof of the spy film genre, in the vein of Austin Powers. Created by the same team that brought us the Oscar winning The Artist, this film is good clean fun at its best (I had this on my Netflix queue for awhile before I figured out the connection between it and the aforementioned Oscar winner). However, far from being left in the shadow of that other film, OSS 117 stands up well on its own. And unlike so many spoof movies, this one is actually funny. Not just amusing either, but laugh out loud funny.
OSS 117 gets 4 out of 5 Poblanos!
Director: Michel Hazanavicius
Writer: Jean-François Halin, Michel Hazanavicius
Starring: Jean Dujardin, Bérénice Bejo, François Damiens, and Aure Atika
Rotten Tomatoes: 76%
Metacritic: 62 out of 100
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